High-water mark
670.1712
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.1712 at *Southern Utah BBQ Festival — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-05-18
High Voltage BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1439
peak 1439 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2013-08-31
latest 2025-11-21
Best ToY finish
#896
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.08 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 629.33 (+2.74)
Walk rate
36%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.93
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.73 · weakest Brisket (154.72)
Road miles
5,361
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 1469 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
629.33 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
HIGH ON THE HAWG ahead in 100% of their meetings
HIGH ON THE HAWG has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.0
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.00 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 27%.
- Brisket avg 154.72
- Chicken avg 158.73
- 2 calls in 11 entries
The comeback
4.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.3 years, then back at BBQ Jackpot (2025-11-21).
- last seen 2021-07-23
- back 2025-11-21
Chicken nemesis
3 of 5
shared chicken entries lost
HIGH ON THE HAWG ahead 60% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, HIGH ON THE HAWG has out-cooked them in 3 of 5 shared chicken entries.
The long haul
5,361
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,361 miles across 11 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,469 miles to BBQ Jackpot.
- 11 mapped stops
- furthest 1,469 mi
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
75 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5839 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5854 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5844 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before High Voltage BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5842 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#5841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5850 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Level with High Voltage BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH ON THE HAWG | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 142.7428 | 158.73 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 147.9316 | 157.47 | top 74% |
| Pork | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 148.4912 | 158.42 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 136.5716 | 154.72 | top 76% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 5 | 0 | top 87% |
| UT | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
| TX | 2 | 0 | top 69% |
| NV | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 76% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effingham -Jam | 4 | 22 | 0 | top 88% | 2021-07-23 |
| City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2 | 49 | 0 | top 69% | 2014-08-30 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12.2 yrs
2013-08-31 → 2025-11-21
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 9 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
5 of 11 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
11 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.73 · weakest Brisket (154.72)
Walk rate
36%
a top-10 call in 4 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
9%
1 of 11 contests
Master average
629.33
out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
339
99–329 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5,361
11 mapped stops · furthest 1,469 mi
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$28,400
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.3 yrs
2021-07-23 → 2025-11-21
Power rating
1439
peak 1439 · #5849 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1499) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2015
- First call Effing-Ham-Jam State BBQ Championship
- 2018
- First overall top-10 *Southern Utah BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.1712 *Southern Utah BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score670.1712 *Southern Utah BBQ Festival
- 2021
- 10th tracked contest Effingham -Jam
- 2025
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4400 BBQ Jackpot
- Most recent contest BBQ Jackpot
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.4 | *Southern Utah BBQ Festival | 2018-05-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2014-08-30 |
| -9.2 | *Traeger NorUt State Championship | 2018-06-29 |
| -8.2 | EffingHAM Jam | 2016-07-22 |
| -7.8 | Effing-Ham-Jam State BBQ Championship | 2015-07-24 |
| -7.6 | Effingham -Jam | 2021-07-23 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 92.3% | 92.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 74% | 93.1% | 89.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-21 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 74 / 90 (664.4456) | 86 (158.8228) | 77 (163.9428) | 15 (175.4400) | 67 (166.2400) |
| 2021-07-23 | Effingham -Jam 🏅 Effingham, IL | 28 / 29 (598.6516) | 29 (142.7428) | 28 (147.9316) | 26 (158.8800) | 29 (149.0972) |
| 2019-07-26 | Effingham -Jam 🏅 Effingham, IL | 22 / 26 (629.6116) | 22 (154.2856) | 22 (160.0004) | 22 (157.0856) | 21 (158.2400) |
| 2018-08-24 | Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off Kanab, UT | 11 / 13 (635.8516) | 12 (155.3828) | 10 (161.6916) | 11 (155.3828) | 8 (163.3944) |
| 2018-06-29 | *Traeger NorUt State Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT | 17 / 19 (631.8288) | 15 (165.0972) | 19 (150.8116) | 15 (160.5600) | 16 (155.3600) |
| 2018-05-18 | *Southern Utah BBQ Festival Washington, UT | 7 / 15 (670.1712) | 8 (161.1200) | 6 (167.9656) | 4 (172.5600) | 6 (168.5256) |
| 2017-07-28 | EffingHam-Jam Effingham, IL | 29 / 35 (611.3484) | 10 (169.1428) | 23 (157.1428) | 30 (148.4912) | 33 (136.5716) |
| 2016-07-22 | EffingHAM Jam Effingham, IL | 25 / 29 (608.9484) | 25 (150.8228) | 20 (156.5028) | 24 (151.9656) | 24 (149.6572) |
| 2015-07-24 | Effing-Ham-Jam State BBQ Championship Effingham, IL | 15 / 18 (629.1084) | 10 (165.7028) | 14 (154.2628) | 16 (149.1084) | 14 (160.0344) |
| 2014-08-30 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 63 / 76 (615.8740) | 39 (161.1656) | 67 (148.4800) | 66 (153.6456) | 45 (152.5828) |
| 2013-08-31 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 49 / 89 (626.8452) | 31 (161.7028) | 23 (163.4284) | 36 (159.4628) | 73 (142.2512) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #927 (60 pts) | #1010 (60 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) | #847 (110 pts) | #950 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1558 (54 pts) | #1555 (54 pts) | #1595 (54 pts) | #1552 (54 pts) | #1546 (54 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1916 (66 pts) | #2006 (66 pts) | #1991 (66 pts) | #1993 (66 pts) | #1940 (71 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #896 (337 pts) | #954 (332 pts) | #958 (342 pts) | #856 (392 pts) | #875 (377 pts) |